Burke Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 1
Buckinghamshire 3
Berkshire 20
Cambridgeshire 2
Channel Islands 38
Cheshire 328
Cornwall 11
Cumberland 18
Derbyshire 60
Devon 48
Dorset 15
Durham 289
Essex 76
Gloucestershire 73
Hampshire 91
Herefordshire 2
Hertfordshire 13
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 1
Isle of Man 0
Kent 115
Lancashire 2,808
Leicestershire 38
Lincolnshire 19
London 1,187
Middlesex 47
Northumberland 134
Norfolk 13
Northamptonshire 8
Nottinghamshire 24
Oxfordshire 10
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 1
Shropshire 51
Suffolk 15
Somerset 17
Surrey 67
Sussex 31
Staffordshire 350
Warwickshire 250
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 18
Worcestershire 24
Yorkshire 755

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 9
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 5
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 51
Flintshire 12
Glamorgan 127
Merionethshire 1
Montgomeryshire 11
Monmouthshire 59
Pembrokeshire 10
Radnorshire 0

Burke Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Burke family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 1,460
Labourer 192
General Labourer 178
Coal Miner 93
Domestic Servant 70
Charwoman 64
General Servant 57
Bricklayer Labourer 56
Farm Labourer 56
Hawker 56
Tailor 54
House Keeper 48
Cotton Operative 45
Dress Maker 40
Dock Labourer 39
Laundress 39
Agricultural Labourer 36
Cotton Weaver 34
Cotton Spinner 26
Servant 25
No Occupation 24
Tailoress 24
Cotton Winder 24
Shoe Maker 23
Soldier 23

Most Frequent Forenames for Burke

Name Census Frequency
Mary Burke 4,579
John Burke 4,236
Thomas Burke 2,471
William Burke 1,995
James Burke 1,881
Margaret Burke 1,493
Patrick Burke 1,375
Catherine Burke 1,298
Ellen Burke 1,193
Michael Burke 1,193
Elizabeth Burke 1,033
Bridget Burke 995
Edward Burke 966
Ann Burke 869
Sarah Burke 835
Annie Burke 729
Joseph Burke 585
Jane Burke 552
Martin Burke 434
George Burke 406
Alice Burke 405
Henry Burke 400
Richard Burke 400
Peter Burke 390
Kate Burke 365

Burke Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Brook 20% 95,789
2 Burke 100% 44,818
3 Brooke 50% 36,883
4 Brake 60% 6,489
5 Burk 80% 6,335
6 Barke 80% 6,098
7 Bark 60% 5,325
8 Bourke 83% 3,816
9 Birck 40% 2,029
10 Berch 40% 1,621
11 Birk 60% 1,269
12 Berk 60% 905
13 Broke 60% 465
14 Break 20% 290
15 Bourk 60% 269
16 Abrook 17% 266
17 Birke 80% 237
18 Burck 60% 227
19 Berke 80% 192
20 Bruke 60% 161
21 Berck 40% 155
22 Bork 60% 132

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The surname Burke is the 2nd most popular variant of Brook.

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